3,700 Earthquake Victims M 7.8 Turkey Died, Muhammadiyah Immediately Flew Medical Volunteers To The Affected Area

Rescue workers are looking for earthquake victims among the ruins of buildings in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Monday (6/2/2023). (ANTARA PHOTO/REUTERS/Sertac Kayar/tom)

Muhammadiyah immediately sent emergency medical volunteers to the affected area regarding the 7.8 magnitude earthquake (M) rocked Turkey, on Monday, February 6.

The team to be sent by the Muhammadiyah Disaster Management Center (MDMC) is on a mission to help deal with earthquake victims in Turkey.

"A total of 29 volunteers are on standby and ready to leave," said MDMC Chairman Budi Setiawan, Tuesday, February 7, as reported by Antara.

According to Budi, the emergency medical team to be dispatched to Turkey includes five emergency doctors, two orthopedic surgeons, seven nurses, two pharmacists, one midwife, one psychologist, one security officer, seven logistics officers, one medical administrator, one documentation officer, and one liaison officer.

He said the departure of the Muhammadiyah medical volunteer team to Turkey was carried out in coordination with relevant government agencies such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture, the Crisis Center of the Ministry of Health, and the National Disaster Management Agency.

Budi said that members of the Muhammadiyah emergency medical team had helped deal with earthquake victims in Nepal and had just returned from a flood management mission in Pakistan with the Health Team of the Republic of Indonesia to deal with the impact of the Pakistani floods.

"Due to the earthquake that befell Turkey and Syria, MDMC invites the public, especially the residents of the organization, to help ease the burden on survivors by donating through LazisMu," said Budi.

According to a Reuter report, the M 7.8 earthquake in Turkey and Syria on Monday 6 February, had killed about 3,700 people.